Hay-press



UNITED. STATES PATENT' QFFICE? LEMUEL Je. `n nofwu,""on sUMNER, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,899, dated December 1:0, 18489.

A i Application led May d, 1889. Serial No. 309,829. (No model.) i

To a/ZZ whom. t may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL J. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sumner, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Hay- P'rcss, of which the following is a specification. ,My inventionrelates to improvements in hay-presses; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved hay-press.

Fig. 2 `is a plan view of the same with a part broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the operating mechanism on an enlargedscale;

The frame of my improved press comprises the longitudinal beams A, the standards B, connecting the same, and the braces C on the opposite sides of the same, near the center of the frame, and the braces C, besides serving to strengthen the frame of the pressand prevent the beams yieldinglaterally, also serve as stops to limit the movement of the sweep. The frame is further provided, on opposite sides of it-s center, with the planks or boards E, which form the sidesv of the baling-chambers, and in the upper portion of the same II provide the roofs F, which are adaptedto be pressed downward, so as to retard the discharge of the bales by the vertical shafts G, mounted in the ends of the frame and provided at their upper ends with the handwheels H.

The sweep is composed of thedouble-armed lever I, which is fulcrumed at its center upon the king-bolt, and a supplemental lever or operating-arm J, which is removably attached .to one end of the lever I. The lever I is provided on its upper and lower sides with metallic covering-plates K, as clearly shown, and at its ends is provided with the loops or bridles L, in one of which the end of the supplemental lever .I is inserted. The said supplemental lever is prevented from being withdrawn from the said loop or bridle by a brace-rod M, which is fastened at its lower end to the upper side of the supplemental lever, and :is provided at its upper end with an eye or loop N, adapted to tit over the upper end of the king-bolt to support the said supplemental lever in proper position.

The lever I is somewhat wider at its ends than at its central portion, thereby providing the vertical shoulders 0,'against which the ends of the pitmen abut, and the metallic covering-plates K, secured on the upper and lower sides of the lever, project beyond the edges of the same, thereloyforming, practically, the longitudinal grooves P, in which the ends of the pitmen play.

AThe plungers Q are arranged in the balingchambers in the usual manner, and have the horizontal inwardly-projecting leaf-springs R secured to their opposite sides at their inner ends, as clearly shown.` The pitmen S are pivoted at their outerjends to the inner ends of the plungers and the inner ends ofthe pitmen play in the grooves P in the lever I, as shownfand `as before stated.

\ Injpractice, a charge of hay is placed in each of the baling-chambers, and the sweep isthen `moved in a horizontal plane between the braces C, as ,will be readily understood. As the sweep is carried around, the vertical shoulders O, engaging the ends of the pitmen, will move the said pitmen toward the ends of the press, thereby carrying the. plungers against `the hay and compressing the same.

The several parts are so arranged that the lever will travel about one-quarter of a circle while forcing the plungers to the outer limit of their movement, and when they have been so carried to the limitot` their movement they same time the springs R, bearing against the pitmen, will throw the pitmen to the opposite side of the frame, so that their outer ends will be brought into contact with the vertical shoulders at the opposite ends of the lever I, thereby placing the parts in position to act on another charge. The operation thus described is repeated until all the hay has been pressed and the desired number of bales formed. v

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a hay-press which is composed of a minimum number of parts, and which can be easily and rapidly operated. The upper and lower sides of the lever being covered with metallic plates, as shown and described,'the wear between the surfaces in contact is reduced to a minimum, so that the durability l of the press is increased. The supplemental lever can be engaged in the IOO positively into engagement with the said' shoulders.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a hay-press, the combination of the frame, the king-bolt at the center of the frame, the double-armed lever mounted at its center on the king-bolt, the plunger, and the pitman pivoted to the plunger and acted on by the lever, and the supplemental lever removably attached to one end of said doublearmed lever, as set forth.

2. In a hay-press, the combination of the frame, the king-bolt at the center of the same, the plunger, the pitman pivoted thereto, the double-armed lever centrally mounted on the king-bolt and provided with loops or bridles at its ends and acting on the pitman, and the supplemental lever having its end engaging one of said loops or bridles, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the frame, of the plungers mounted therein, the lever having longitudinal grooves in its edges' and vertical shoulders at the ends of said grooves, the pitmen having their outer ends pivoted to the plungers and their inner ends playing in said grooves and adapted to engage with said shoulders, and springs connected to the plungers to cause a rebound thereof, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the plunger and the lever provided with a longitudinal groove in its edge and vertical shoulders at the ends of said groove, of the pitman having its outer end pivoted to the plunger and its inner end playing in the groove of the lever and between the shoulders at the ends of the same, the spring secured to the plunger to effect a rebound of the same, and the leaf-springs secured to the sides of the plunger and bearing on the pitman to move it from .side to side, as set forth. f

5; As an improvement in hay-presses, the combination of the frame, the plunger moving therein, the double-armed lever mounted in the frame and having vertical shoulders at its ends, the covering-plates secured to the upper and lower sides of the lever and projecting beyond the edgesV of the same, the loops or bridles at the ends of the levers, the supplemental lever having one end inserted in one of said loops or bridles, the brace having its lower end pivoted to the supplemental lever and its upper end engaging over the king-bolt, the pitmen having their outer ends pivoted to the plungers and their inner ends playing between the shoulders on the doublearmed lever, the springs connected to the plungers to eect a rebound of the same, and the springs secured to the plungers and bearing on the pitmen, as set forth.

6. The combination of the frame, the plunger, the pitman pivoted thereto, the lever acting on the pitman, and a spring secured to the plunger and acting on the pitman to move it from end to end of the lever, as set forth.

In testimony that I-claiin the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

L. J. BROWN. lVitnesses:

H. CAvINEss, MARION BROWN. 

